[Verse 1]
Turkey vultures gather in the yard
With a face as blank as a shovel
They're fired up about Jesus
They're tired out of all the nature
[Verse 2]
I wrap the heavy gauze around me
I get unfocused, make me blurry
I tether myself three feet from me
I do not feel my ugly body
[Verse 3]
We turn off all the heat and freeze at night
And all the snow falls from the trees
Just like a jockey from a novice horse
My past a mine field beneath me
[Breakdown]
There's a sex shop off the highway
With a biblical name
Nana crashed the carpool
On the way to my mom's birthday
[Verse 4]
Snow didn't stick it never does
The boat I feel so lonely in
Ends up to hold us all
I cannot tell myself apart
At night I don't count stars, I count the dark
Turkey Vultures was written by Xandy Chelmis & Karly Hartzman & Margo Schultz & MJ Lenderman & Alan Miller.
Turkey Vultures was produced by Alex Farrar.
Wednesday released Turkey Vultures on Fri Apr 07 2023.
My mom told me a story about getting in a car wreck on the way to her birthday party when she was a kid. And that really stuck with me. I’ve always wanted to write that into a song. So I started with that memory and just built the rest of it around that line, even though it’s in the middle of the so...